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Can I use the Raspberry Pi as a Linux firewall?

Can anyone tell me the best way of doing this? Including network connection details and hardware I may need.

Jivings
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You will want to add a second network connection to you Pi (either a usb to ethernet or WiFi dongle. Then you will want to install iptables and configure it as a home router.

Having said that you will likely have performance issues going this route. In the end you may be better off picking up an older router that supports dd-wrt that allows you to customize the way your router works (traffic shaping, DNS server etc.)

tlhIngan
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